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The Google Doc - The Reddit Chat (Closed) - The new Reddit Chat - Unlisted Stream

Invite to my Discord with a channel for working on the code (no spam, calm work)

THE FOUR KEYWORDS

File with the message: https://d2hua6cusslj16.cloudfront.net/page.min.css

Here's the message:

/* \u004b\u0045\u0059\u0057\u004f\u0052\u0044 \u0031\u003a \u0053\u0048\u0045\u0044 \u0046\u0041\u004c\u004c \u004d\u0041\u0052\u004b \u0054\u0049\u0047\u0048\u0054 */

/* 4b 45 59 57 4f 52 44 20 32 3a 20 53 48 4f 43 4b 20 54 41 53 54 45 20 53 48 41 56 45 20 4d 41 54 48 */

/* XRLJBEQ 3: CBJRE JNFU FGBEZ PUVYQ */

/* KO4IW·LOEWR·:SD·ALBL·ROYD·ELAPF */

The first line is decodable with http://ddecode.com/hexdecoder/ and translates to:

KEYWORD 1: SHED FALL MARK TIGHT

The second line is decodable with https://www.rapidtables.com/convert/number/hex-to-ascii.html and translates to:

KEYWORD 2: SHOCK TASTE SHAVE MATH

The third line is encoded with ROT-13 and translates to:

KEYWORD 3: POWER WASH STORM CHILD

KEYWORD 4: I DIDN'T SOLVE THIS ONE

THE BINARY

Next, go to https://ineedyoutotellmewerealrighttellmewereokay.com/

The password is lvlcnrn

Put in any name, then type Water After Brain Fire

You'll get binary code (below).

sys> Enter Passcode:

usr> lvlcnrn

sys> What is your name?

usr> john

sys> Recorded

sys> Let's see how well you are paying attention...

sys> I am looking for KEYWORD1, KEYWORD2 and KEYWORD3.

sys> KEYWORD 1 is what H becomes before it emerges as O.

sys> KEYWORD 2 is the longest diagonal.

sys> KEYWORD 3 will be posted by password.

sys> When you have all three, come back here and enter them in order, separated by spaces. Good luck.

john> water after brain fire

sys> 00111001001000000011010001111000001100100010000000110010001000000011100000100000001100000010000000110000001000000011100101111000001100110010000000110110011110000011001100100000001110000111100000110010001000000011000000100000001100000010000000110111011110000011010000100000001100110111100000110010001000000011001101111000001100100010000000110101011110000011001000100000001100000010000000110000001000000011100100100000001101000111100000110011001000000011010101111000001100110010000000110101011110000011001100100000001100000010000000110000001000000011001001111000001100100010000000110011011110000011001000100000001100000010000000110000001000000011001101111000001100110010000000110110011110000011001100100000001110000111100000110010001000000011011001111000001100100010000000110011001000000011000000100000001100000010000000111000011110000011001000100000001101100111100000110010001000000011001100100000001100110111100000110010001000000011011101111000001100110010000000110110011110000011001000100000001100110111100000110010001000000011001000100000001110000010000000110100011110000011001000100000001110000010000000110100011110000011001000100000001100110111100000110010001000000011011101111000001101000010000000111000011110000011001000100000001101110111100000110011001000000011001101111000001100110010000000110010001000000011001001111000001100110010000000110011011110000011001000100000001100110111100000110011001000000011010001111000001100110010000000110110011110000011001000100000001100100010000000110101011110000011001100100000001100110111100000110010001000000011010100100000001101110010000000110100

translates to:

THE PHONE KEYPAD

9 4x2 2 8 0 0 9x3 6x3 8x2 0 0 7x4 3x2 3x2 5x2 0 0 9 4x3 5x3 5x3 0 0 2x2 3x2 0 0 3x3 6x3 8x2 6x2 3 0 0 8x2 6x2 3 3x2 7x3 6x2 3x2 2 8 4x2 8 4x2 3x2 7x4 8x2 7x3 3x3 2 2x3 3x2 3x3 4x3 6x2 2 5x3 3x2 5 7 4

nakpin#3005 on Discord:

9 4x2 2 8 0 0 9x3 6x3 8x2 0 0 7x4 3x2 3x2 5x2 0 0 9 4x3 5x3 5x3 0 0 2x2 3x2 0 0 3x3 6x3 8x2 6x2 3 0 0 8x2 6x2 3 3x2 7x3 6x2 3x2 2 8 4x2 8 4x2 3x2 7x4 8x2 7x3 3x3 2 2x3 3x2 3x3 4x3 6x2 2 5x3 3x2 5 7 49 4x2 2 8 0 0 9x3 6x3 8x2 0 0 7x4 3x2 3x2 5x2 0 0 9 4x3 5x3 5x3 0 0 2x2 3x2 0 0 3x3 6x3 8x2 6x2 3 0 0 8x2 6x2 3 3x2 7x3 6x2 3x2 2 8 4x2 8 4x2 3x2 7x4 8x2 7x3 3x3 2 2x3 3x2 3x3 4x3 6x2 2 5x3 3x2 5 7 4

type in the numbers, with "x2", "x3" being number of presses on one key on a phone keyboard

"what you seek will be found underneath the surface find jpg"

USB 5 (AGAIN)

JPG is the QR code in USB5 - vipie2000#1337

The QR code goes to the Official Music Video for LOC on YouTube.

And here's where I got stuck :P

Chat on both reddit and discord is going too fast, I can't access where people are making real efforts to decode.

I like cryptography and would be happy to keep working if others calm down and we work together.

Reddit says:

LOC-512-134-13XXX - if you get the usbs that the "F""I""N""A""L""E" jpgs come from and put those usb numbers in, there's only 3 characters left

Some tips:

• 501c3 is a type of charity. Most likely unrelated to the code.

• Mailing Address means where you live.

• The submission page is HTTPS on the official website, it's safe.

• You can DM me on discord.

• I've found that the website is storing a cookie list of all the keys you've entered so far. This could mean that you need to have previously entered all 19 keys before key 20 will work.

• This code: LOC-175-510-21TOP doesn't seem to do anything. Why do people keep saying it?

JUNE 22ND? WHAT IS IT? IS IT FAKE?

People are saying that there was a code for the 22nd in here: https://usb.twentyonepilots.com/js/bundle-ddf033fe58bcc072ced2585e37505ddd.js

That message is an error code for when they close the site, I don't think we were supposed to find it yet!

"ERROR_SUBMITTING_DISABLED:"Congratulations. While this feels like the end, it most certainly is not. We still have a few surprises up our sleeves. Mark your calendar for 6.22.2020. This time it's not about us... it's about you.",ERROR_IP:"Submission already exists from this IP address.",ERROR_GENERIC:"Network Error.",THANK_YOU:"Thank you. While this feels like the end, it most certainly is not. We still have a few surprises up our sleeves. Mark your calendar for 6.22.2020. This time it's not about us... it's about you."}"

That's the error, explained.

THE LIES

https://twitter.com/LOC_TOP_USB - Fake code. Has been brute forced and there's no way it can be real.

https://twitter.com/TYLERRPHOBIC/status/1272598238089089024 - It's paused! no it isn't! see HERE

MISCELLANEOUS

People are also saying:

• KEYWORD 1: WATERSHED WATERFALL WATERMARK WATERTIGHT

• KEYWORD 2: AFTERSHOCK AFTERTASTE AFTERSHAVE AFTERMATH

• KEYWORD 3: BRAINPOWER BRAINWASH BRAINSTORM BRAINCHILD

• KEYWORD 4: FIRESIDE FIREWALL FIREBALL FIREPROOF

As of 1:55PM: (thanks peaspice#8569)

• K4: FIRESIDE FIREWALL FIREBALL FIREPROOF

• at 1:19 in the video numbers show up next to joshs arm (1862, 1864, 1866, 1868)

• the description of my blood is missing the words day, of, and all

• Reddit figured out that part of code 20 is LOC-941-343 but this isn't verified, and due to the nature of live chat, it's hard to find out who cracked this and how.

• many people are mentioning the binary and its connection to morph, but it think its a cute little reference, not super important.

• the violation message is from dma.org. i don't consider it relevant.

CODE 20 (The Answer)

LOC49850811OO2

How Code 20 was Solved - Thanks, Tree#1019!

Thanks for reading!

And thanks to all those who joined my discord to help work on it!

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